I like Lima

Sounds like there´s been a stuff up with our hotel, but I´ve had such a good day I don´t care. I´ll let the tour people sort it out.

After a bit of a walk around Miraflores and a chat to a nice man in the park (in spanish!, okay so we didn´t understand everything he said), we caught a taxi into town ($NZ10). We had a wee chat in spanish to the driver. When I say ´we´, I mean mostly Debbie who speaks spanish really well. She´s had an extra week to practive. The city is full of lovely buildings so we took lots of photos, walked the pedestrian mall, and took more photos.

The Plaza de Armas is where the palace (surrounded by guards with guns) and the cathredal are. We got stopped by some school kids who were doing a project where they interviewed me in English and videoed it. They wanted to know if I had eaten ceviche (not yet) and if Peru was similar to my home (yes, lots of traffic and bad drivers).

We had lunch at what we have decided is the Peruvian equivalent of KFC. Huge plate of chips and 1\4 chicken for $NZ 3.50. Also had our first taste of Inca Cola. It´s yellow and looks like mellow yellow. Quite nice.

After lunch we took a bus up to the Cerro del Cristobel which is on a hill (400metres) looking over the city. We drove though the shanty town on the way. All of the houses that you can see from the city are brightly coloured, but most on the other side of the hill are plain brick to I think they paint them for the tourists.

Then a taxi back to the hotel ($NZ5, so we must have got ripped off on the ride in, but I don´t care).

Debbie has just told me that we have to change hotels. So off to the origninal one.